Shri. Sarada Kumar Hota is Managing Director, Additional Whole-time Director of the Company. He started his career as an Officer in Canara Bank in the year 1990. Mr. Hota is a senior banker over 25 years of commercial banking services.

Shri. Shreekant M. Bhandiwad serves as Deputy Managing Director, Additional Director of the Company. He is a Post-Graduate Degree holder in Agricultural Science viz., M.Sc.,(Agri) and a CAIIB. Shri Shreekant Mohanrao Bhandiwad, a Post Graduate in Agricultural Sciences, started his career as an Officer in Canara Bank in the year 1994. During his service in the Bank he has headed different branches, Circle Offices and various departments at the Circle and Corporate level. Shri Bhandiwad is a senior banker with over 24 years of commercial banking experience having served across the States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Karnataka. Before his posting to the Company, he was heading the Rajasthan operations of Canara Bank as Head of Jaipur Circle of the Bank. Prior to this, he had worked in Jaipur Regional Office, Bangalore Contonment and Yediyur Branches. He had also worked in Bangalore Langford Town, Davanagere Regional Office and also in World Bank Project at Head Office, Bengaluru. Apart from his successful tenure at various places as above, Shri Bhandiwad carries with him the experience of over eight years at the Managing Director's Secretariat in the Bank. With over 10 years' service left with him, Shri Bhandiwad is one of the youngest Top Executives of Canara Bank.

Smt. M. Shamila serves as Deputy General Manager of the Company. She holds a Masters Degree in Business Management (MBA — Finance) and started her career as Management Trainee in the Company in the year 1988. During her service in the Company she has headed different branches and various departments at the Registered Office. Smt Shamila is a Senior executive in the Company with over 30 years of experience having served across the States of Karnataka, Kerala and New Delhi. Before her present tenure as DGM at the Registered Office, she had headed branches in Mangalore, Cunningham Road-Bengaluru, Jayanagar-Bengaluru, Trivandrum and New Delhi. She was the Cluster Head for NCR Region. During her tenure at Registered Office, she has headed the Recovery Department for 10 years (2002 to 2012). She also has headed Finance Department. At present she is heading Planning & Development, HR and Recovery Departments.

Shri. Shankara Narayanan Subramanian is Additional Director of the Company. Shri S Subramanian is a graduate in B.Sc., a Diploma holder in Company Law and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Shri S Subramanian started his career in Canara Bank in the year 1981 and has more than 36 years of commercial banking experience. During his service in the Bank he has handled various duties at various branches. He has worked in the Credit Administration & Monitoring Wing (Head Office Bengaluru), Chandigarh Circle Office, Prime Corporate Branch, Bengaluru, Coimbatore Circle Office (Core Credit Group), Perundurai SME Branch, Overseas Business cell (Madurai Circle Office), Kolkata Overseas branch, and various other places. Currently he is the General Manager of Prime Corporate Credit Wing, Canara Bank, Head Office, Bengaluru.

Dr. Yeluri V. Vijayanand is Ph.D., is Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. He is Ph.D. in Economics(2011) from University of Mysore, M.A in Economics (1967) from Bangalore University, Bachelor of Laws (1969) from Bangalore University and CAIIB (1978) from Indian Institute of Bankers. Dr Vijayanand retired from State Bank of India as Deputy Managing Director on 31/08/2007 after serving for more than 37 years. As DMD and Group Executive of Associates and Subsidiaries, he was the nominee director of SBI in all Associate Banks, and non-banking subsidiaries, as also in ARCIL, Thomas Cook India, and CIBIL. He was also on the boards of three overseas subsidiaries/joint ventures of SBI. The other prominent positions held by him were Managing Director of State Bank of Mysore, President and COO of SBICAP, Chief General Manager, Corporate Accounts Group, General Manager (Commercial), Chennai and Vice President, SBI New York. Post retirement from SBI, he worked as a Corporate Advisor in Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, Hyderabad for nine years. He was a non-executive director in three group companies. He was also an independent director in SBI Global Factors Limited, and Caparo Financial Solutions Limited. He is a visiting faculty at State Bank Staff College and Academy, JNIDB, Institute of Public Enterprise, NALSAR - IIRM, BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Osmania University, Bangalore University and University of Mysore.

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